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110  the aidbsi or choral singing. Sc. croon, croyn (15th century), corresponds to Du. kreunen, groan, M.Du. krönon, lament, M.Low G. kronen, growl, O. H. G. chrônan, M.L.G. kroenen, chatter (Murray, who thinks the Sc. came from Low Ger. in M. Eng. period). It seems clear that the Gadelic and Teutonic are related to each other by borrowing; seemingly the Gadelic is borrowed.